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A Motley Crew
Colonies Seeking Some OrderSlide2
Regional Diversity
Seaports:
Booming commercial economy
Trading network expansive
Building construction reminiscent of European design
Class hierarchy develops quickly
Women experience very different lifestyle
Struggles
Close proximity allowed disease to spread quickly
Fire disasters continual concern
At the mercy of safe sea activitySlide3
Cont….
Backcountry
Folks being pushed out of urban center
Immigrants, landless Englishmen
German, Scots-Irish
Isolation brings about a new culture
Conflict soon arises
Representation unsatisfactory
Justice system nilSlide4
Backcountry Response
Paxton Boys
Pennsylvania 1763
Frustration over support against Native Americans
Took aim against Indians, marched to Philadelphia to demonstrate
Benjamin Franklin enters in as mediator
The Regulators
The Carolina’s vigilante group
Justice system not making its way to the S. Carolina backcountry
Law into their own hands
Brutal and aggressiveSlide5
Cont….
N. Carolina frustrated with corruption and taxes
Took on militia, lost, but had an effect
Social and cultural division becoming more clear
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Boundary Conflicts
Green Mountain Boys 1760’s
New York vs. Vermont Farmers
Crown gave land to New York, already owned by Ethan Allen and friends
Guerrilla style tactics implementedSlide7
Friction on the Farm
Plantation owners struggle with slave resistance increased
Slave communities establishing
Resistance in all forms
Violent revolts: 1739 Stono Rebellion, put down, but fear set inSlide8
The Great Awakening
Religious fervor takes a new look
Many younger generations chaffing under Puritan authoritarianism
1733 Jonathan Edwards
Power of God and depravity of man
Beginning of the fire and brimstone era
Generation gap highly recognizable
Transformation takes holdSlide9
Cont…
1739 George Whitefield
Young, charismatic Englishman
Took tour of the colonies, preaching throughout
Releases religious emotionalism
Great success in the south and frontier regionsSlide10
Revolution on the Horizon?
How to manage the colonies?
Being English in America had its perks
Despite frustrations of
governing hiccups
Parliament indifferent to America, except when it came to money
Being English in America was about to change